Home-cooked Pea Shoots with Abalones, prawns ๐ฆ, minced pork and tomato ๐
wedges. There are two types of Dou Miao ๐ฟ (่ฑ่) you can find in Singapore. One is the tiny sprouts which is called Xiao (small) Dou Miao ๐ฟ (ๅฐ่ฑ่) and the other is Da (big) Dou Miao ๐ฟ (ๅคง่ฑ่) which is the young shoots of the pea vines. The latter is harvested from more mature pea plants, has a more desirable tender texture, a sweeter and juicier flavour, and a higher proportion of leaf to stem, thus more expensive. Small Dou Miao are young sprouts that grow faster and are therefore more affordable.
The Roasted Pork ๐ (็ง่) mum reheated it to crisp up the skin though it also makes the meat drier. For the pea shoots stir-fry, there is no need to have both types of seafood in there but then mum does thing her own way. Here, I am pairing the dishes with a mixture of steamed purple and white rice.